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Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part Five: The Single Hound

LI

I THINK that the root of the Wind is Water,

It would not sound so deep

Were it a firmamental product,

Airs no Oceans keep—

Mediterranean intonations,

To a Current’s ear

There is a maritime conviction

In the atmosphere.